The New Zealand Transport Agency is currently consulting on whether or not they should raise the fees to get a drivers license. NZTA say that fees haven’t been increased since 2001 and the cost of fees is nowhere near covering the administrative costs of providing a license.

Today I was sworn in as an MP and recited an oath pledging allegiance to the Queen and her heirs. I think it may be the first oath I’ve ever sworn because they aren’t that common any more now that we’re past the feudal period.